I currently have a Lumix DMC-TZ3 that I got based off reviews on this site. But now I would like a camera that takes pictures faster.
Zoom doesn't matter, but size does. I am also pretty flexible on price.
HD video and high speed video are also nice to haves, but I might just get a dedicated video camera for that.

I mostly take pictures of individuals and groups with lots of motion (indoor and out).

I was looking at some of the following.
Casio EX FC150
Sony DSC-HX5V
Nikon COOLPIX S8000

Bakica - Perhaps Jbmercha is quoting the claim on the Casio Site for this camera, where it does say, Quote:

HIGH SPEED BURST
Up to 40 fps at full resolution

The EX-FC150 can shoot at an amazing 40 frames per second in High Speed Burst mode. This allows you to capture up to 40 images with a single press of the button. After the images have been taken you simply save one, two or all of the images to capture the perfect moment." - End quote.

As we can see, it does describe it as a "Burst Mode", not "Fast Continuous" - and it apparently buffers that for review - during which the user can select from the images which to save, or save all of them. This is apparently at a slightly reduced 9Mpix.

For sports, one of the cameras that does a more shots-number shutter button controllable 10-12fps as "fast", then 7-5-3fps selectable, might suit better - particularly as the camera only does 300 shots per power-pack charge.

If the intention is to shoot skateboarding and field games such as soccer, 5x zoom might be a bit short in reach.

Some more zoom, 12-15x at least, full resolution Continuous at up to 12fps, and Shutter Priority mode, might be a more usable combination, and in some situations, faster max shutter than this camera's 1/1000th-sec.

However, getting "all of that" in a shirt-pocket size camera at equal to this Casio's $300.00, might be "a big ask".

Perhaps going "up a size or two" would give a wider range of functions, for not a lot more money.

well it certainly seemed to fast not to have any trick at all, unbelievable even for still photos..
all in all as it is a burst mode i don't think its useful since it can shoot for 1 second. and if it needs much time to save them than it is surely unpractical. (i find 6 frames on 10fps on my p100 pretty useless) i would rather have 3fps for 20 secs..

Bakica - Good, you're making the very sensible point that "very" fast Continuous on P&S cameras does have some problems.

My HS10 (uses the same sensor as your P100) - initially on release had "fast" Continuous speed problems - not so much with JPEG, as it did 8-9fps of the Fuji-claimed 10fps - but with RAW, and particularly RAW+JPEG, it wasn't doing even nearly the 5fps option of the claimed 5fps/3fps.

Whatever the next (1.02) - firmware update did to the RAW fps-rate - it's now about 5.5fps RAW only, and 5fps RAW+JPEG - it "put the steroids" into the JPEG fps rate. On that firmware update, several Review sites lab-tested the claimed 10fps at between 12.5 and 13.2fps... (At the best I can time mine with an electronic timer, it's 12fps+)

The HS10 saves 7 frames on JPEG (6 on RAW, 5 on RAW+JPEG) - and 7 frames in just over a half-second, as you say - isn't a lot of use, unless for something at high-velocity - and for that, how would you correctly trigger the shutter....?

The 7fps rate has a "spread" of about a second - in time, over an action. Unless doing stop-action in Shutter Priority or Manual - using the 5fps, or 3fps speeds, is a lot more practical and useful.

At 7, 5 and 3fps, you can shutter-button control the number of shots - 3, 4, or 5 frames out of the possible 7 in JPEG can often get the shot - resulting in less buffer-to-card time between shots.

Any hopes of controlling number of frames at 40fps with the shutter button would seem unlikely - even if the camera function allowed that. The Casio above does have other rates - probably rather more suitable for actual use.

Thanks for all the input.
I could go a bit larger. Really anything I can fit in cargo paints I can easily take with me.

It looks like most of the newer cameras with CMOS censors have a decent continuous shooting or burst speed. But the shot-to-shot speeds are a little harder to find. And I assume the time to dump the buffer to the sd card has more to do with the sd card than the camera.

So I think the features I am looking for now are
CMOS sensor (with ~10 fps continuous shot), Shutter Priority, buffer size, around 10x zoom, and IQ.